Provides that the minimum hourly rate shall take effect September 1, 2007, and inserts definitions of “tip” and “tip pools” into the minimum wage law.

Minimum Hourly Rate; Effective Date. Amend 2007, 24:2 to read as follows:

Effective Date. This act shall take effect [60 days after its passage] September 1, 2007.

Minimum Wage Law; Definitions. Amend RSA 279:1 by inserting after paragraph XI the following new paragraph:

XII. “Tip” means money given to an employee by a customer, in cash or its equivalent, or transferred to the employee by the employer pursuant to directions from a credit card customer who designates a sum to be added to the bill as a tip, or added as a gratuity or service charge to a customer’s bill, in recognition of service performed.